[ Featuring Sonic ]
If there is anyone out there
Who still doubts that America is a place where
All things are possible
Who still wonders
If the dream of our founders is alive in our time
Who still questions
The power of our democracy, tonight is your answer
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches
In numbers this nation has never seen
By people who waited three hours and four hours
Many for the very first time in their lives
Because they believed that this time must be different
That their voice could be that difference
It's the answer spoken by young and old
Rich and poor, Democrat and Republican
Black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American
Gay, straight, disabled and not disabled
Americans who sent a message to the world
Yes we can
(Yes we can, yes we can)
(Yes we can, yes we can)
(Yes we can, yes we can)
(Yes we can, yes we can)
(Yes we can, yes we can)
(Yes we can, yes we can)
(Yes we can, yes we can)
(Yes we can, yes we can)
(Yes we can, yes we can)
Hello Chicago
I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to
It belongs to you
We didn't start
With much money or many endorsements
Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington
It began in the backyards of Des Moines
And the living rooms of Concord
And the front porches of Charleston
It was built by working men and women
Who dug into what little savings they had to give five dollars
And ten dollars and twenty dollars to the cause
It grew strength from the young people
Who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy
Who left their homes and their families
For jobs that offered little pay and less sleep
It grew strength from from the not-so-young people
Who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat
To knock on the doors of perfect strangers
And from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized
And proved that more than two centuries later
A government of the people, by the people and for the people
Has not perished from the earth
This is your victory
This is our time
To put our people back to work
And open doors of opportunity for our kids
To restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace
To reclaim the American Dream
And reaffirm that fundamental truth that out of many, we are one
That while we breathe, we hope
And where we are met with cynicism, and doubt
And those who tell us that we can't
We will respond with that timeless creed
That sums up the spirit of a people
Yes, we can
(Yes we can, yes we can)
(Yes we can, yes we can)
(Yes we can, yes we can)
(Yes we can, yes we can)
(Yes we can, yes we can)
(Yes we can, yes we can)
(Yes we can, yes we can)
(Yes we can, yes we can)
Yes we can
